Galileo

Galileo is a thoroughbred racehorse foaled in 1998, who won the Epsom Derby, Irish Derby Stakes, and King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes in 2001. He is a son of Coolmore Stud's Sadler's Wells and Arc heroine Urban Sea, and a half-brother to champion galloper Sea The Stars. Galileo, owned by Sue Magnier and Michael Tabor, raced only once as a two year old, winning an Irish maiden by an impressive 14 lengths. At three, he went to Epsom via th... more

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  • 1998 (age 12 years)

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